"BUSINESS BRIEFS
- FRANCHISE SALE

NORTH .: VANCOUVER-based
Hygenicomp Computer. and Elec-
tronic Hardware Cleaning Inc. has
sold its first franchise in Ontario.

- The company went to market
on Monday and sold. its. first
franchises in London and Sarnia,
Ontario.

“The word is out on what -a
: great opportunity Hygenicomp is.

. ‘It-is interesting that suburb areas _
_have sold out in British Columbia -

faster than city areas,”’. said com-
pany president Ciinton Beck.

He added that it appears -as.if
Ontario will follow the same pat-
tems best

Beck said. some of the best. ter-
ritories in B.C. ‘are still available

. in areas such as North Vancouver,

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and Coquitlam.

“Our success has been our ex-
isting franchises. Our franchises
have spoken for us in promoting
the business. Their success is
ours,” said Beck.

He added that he expects fran-
chise sales to top $1 million next
year. He added that several
California companies have ex-
pressed interest in purchasing
franchises.

Hygenicomp Edmonton has
secured $16,000 in contracts in
just two months.

Hygenicomp is a_ high-tech
specialty cleaning service that pro-
vides businesses, hospitals and
government with cleaning
maintenance to their computer
and electronic hardware and a
partial cure for sick building syn-
drome using environmentally
friendly cleaning procedures and
products.

A Hygenicomp franchise sells
for $20,000.

BROADCAST AWARD.

NORTH VANCOUVER resident
Brian MacLeod was awarded the-

‘$625 Ken Garrett Memorial
_Award in Radio in a special cere-

mony. at the B.C. institute of

- Technology.

The award was presented by

--CKNW-~ radio . reporter. George
Garrett, the father of Ken Garrett.

MacLeod is a student at BCIT’s

_ broadcast communications
department.

LOCAL APPOINTMENT
MARRY BENSLER has. been ap-

: McDonald’s restaurant

opens up in Whistler

A’ NEW- McDonald’s restaurant

opened ‘its | doors. for “business

Thursday, in Whistler.

‘The: popular restaurant chain

‘plans ‘a grand opening. of its new .
_ facility for Saturday, Dec. 4, and-

Sunday, Dec. 5."

- The restaurant,
new Whistler
‘owned and operated by licensee
Tom Horler, an. avid ‘skier and
longtime booster of both Whistler
‘and Blackcomb mountains.

_ ‘We've designed our restaurant
to fit in with.its surroundings in
Whistler. and buiit it as an integral
part. of - Whistler Marketplace,’

"said Horler.
We've hired. 85 full- and
“ part-time employees and, like the
* McDonald’s family. everywhere,
i. we're. looking forward to being
very actively involved in the com-

located in’ the
Marketplace, is’

“munity life here.”

During the grand opening, a
ceremonial cheque presentation
will’ be made to recognize a
$20,000 grant’ from the Ronald

-,McDonald Children’s Charities of

Canada to the Whistler Children’s
Fund Society for an integrated
play area at Myrtle Phillips
school. .

The Whistler McDonald’s has
seating for 61 people and a unique
drive-thru that is below the res-
taurant. in the underground’ park-
ing area of the marketplace. '

With the opening, Horler and
his staff will introduce the
McDonald’s ‘‘adopt a highway’?
program to Whistler.

Each day, when coming on du-
‘ty, he and his managers will make ‘~’

a cleanup tour from Lorimer
Road to Creekside and back to
pick up all litter.

When it comes tc IBM comauters,we truly da.

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pointed North Shore area manager
of the Royal Bank,

Headquartered in North Van-
couver, Bensler is responsible for
the management of the Royal
Bank's retail banking operations
on the North Shore, Sunshine
Coast, Squamish and Whistler.

Bensier has been with the Royal
Bank since 1971. His most recent
position was as manager of the
Fraser. Valley Corporate Banking
Centre in Langley.

WOMEN MEAN
_ BUSINESS

THE NEXT regular Women Mean
Business meeting will be held at
7:30 a.m. on-Friday, Dec. 3, at
Cheers Restaurant, 125 East Se-
cond St., North Vancouver.

The meeting’s guest speaker will
be Judi Ainsworth, manager of.

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‘Photo submitted

CKNW RADIO reporter George Garrett, left, presents the Ken

Garrett Memorial Award in Radio to North Vancouver resident.

and BCIT broadcast communication student Brian MacLeod. -

the North Vancouver Chamber of
Commerce. - , :

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North Shore businesses and in-
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to Business Briefs should fax them

to the attention of Surj Rattan at’

985-3227. .

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